Tuesday morning notes and links

The Huskies don’t play this weekend. But that doesn’t mean the team is off, as the Huskies are conducting what is pretty much a normal week of practice.

That means they will be on the field later this morning, as well as Wednesday and Thursday. UW plans to take Friday off and then begin a normal gameweek of practice on Saturday in preparation for the Stanford game next Thursday. So we’ll have some news and notes later from today’s practice. Steve Sarkisian will also appear on the Pac-12 Coaches Conference Call later today.

— Mason Kelley of ESPN’s HuskyNation talked to the coach for Travell Dixon who said UW will be the perfect fit. “He was one of the best junior college corners in the country,” O’Mera said. “He’s a big, physical kid who can run. He was a dominant player for us.”

— The Huskies will spend the week preparing for a Stanford team whose defense has come together quickly. (Stanford also has this weekend off, as is the Pac-12 rule for teams that play on a Thursday — that’s not the case for teams that play on a Friday, however).